Maternal Health: Reviewing Progress and Looking Ahead UNITED NATIONS, New York — Donors, representing both governments and the private sector, today joined UNFPA Executive Director Babatunde Osotimehin and staff to review major achievements made possible by the Maternal Health Thematic Fund in 2010. The thematic fund supports high-impact and low-cost investments in countries with the greatest burden of maternal death and injury. UNFPA launched the Maternal Health Thematic Fund in 2008 to … [Read more...]
Commonwealth Day – This year’s theme is ‘Women as Agents of Change’
March 13, 2011 by
Commonwealth Day Celebrated March 14, 2011 A Celebration of Women honors the Commonwealth and Celebrates this years Theme of 2011 The idea of a designated day each year to celebrate the Empire was first put forward in 1894 by the Canadian branch of the Royal Colonial Institute (now the Royal Commonwealth Society). Clementina Fessenden, the wife of Ontario Minister of Education, Senator George W. Ross, promoted a scheme for children to commemorate the Empire on one day each … [Read more...]
WOMEN – Progress for Women IS progress for All: Volunteerism, Take Action!
February 8, 2011 by
Women Progress for Women Is Progress for All They are our mothers, sisters, wives and daughters. They are our colleagues and compatriots. They account for more than half the human race. They are us. Yet women continue to face a daily struggle against violence, illiteracy and inequality for no reason other than the fact of their gender. Tragically, one in three women can expect to be beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in her lifetime, more often than not, by someone well known … [Read more...]
Labour Day Celebrated in New Zealand – October 25
October 25, 2010 by
Labour Day Celebrated in New Zealand Labour Day Date: October 25 Labour Day is a public holiday in New Zealand. In New Zealand, Labour Day commemorated the establishment of the standard eight-hour workday in 1840. It is held annually on the fourth Monday in October, which falls on October 26, 2009. Great historical article: http://www.jobsletter.org.nz/jbl19510.htm History of New Zealand’s Labour Day New Zealand’s workers were among the first in the world to claim the right to an … [Read more...]
